[strange179]

I picked up my "new" second SVX on Saturday and I'm psyched about it.
It seems the world knew it was an SVX day because I saw 3 other SVX in the morining. These were all spotted in the Rochester NH area. I saw a white one with aftermarket rims at a gas station. I saw a green one with a license plate fame in the back, and I saw a maroon one also. Sorry for not using the technical color terms but I can never renember them all.
My new SVX is a Green '92 LSL touring. It was built in the same month as my blask one, 11/91. It has 179K+ miles on it. It's really nice inside with only some minor drivers seat wear. The stock stereo is there but the previous owner has upgraded the tweeters in the front. The car sat a long time before I got it because of a transmission problem so it has really old gas in it and also a couple of critter nests that need to be taken care of. The seller thought that the tranny was shot because it wouldn't move until the engine hit at least 4K RPM in any gear. I thought that it seemed like the transmission was low on fluid so I checked it and it wasn't event even showing on the dipstick. I added a quart and it seemed to be a little better. On sunday I went out and got 4 more quarts of fluid and added (one at a time) 3 of them and it still didn't seem to be showing up on the dipstick very much. I put it in gear and sure enough it tryed to move at idle. I drove it around my driveway and checked the leven in the tranny. It still needed more fluid so I added the 5th quart. While I was adding the last quart I discovered a huge leak from what looks to be the tailshaft of the trans. I have to get under there tonight and fully diagnose it. An output shaft seal is a heck of a lot cheaper than rebuilding the trans.
Now I get to decide what I want to do with my black one. I'm thinking that it might get a manual transmission someday but I don't know at this point.
Jay